Pardalita Jules Zuckerberg And I get to be

And I get to be me

In this joyous picture book exploration of gender euphoria

battling demons along the way in an extraordinary tale about sacrifice and healing

but the closer they get

When Gabi is caught stealing precious fruit from the Pocatelan elite

Pardalita Jules Zuckerberg And I get to beMILDRED L. BATCHELDER HONOR WINNER School Library Journal Best of the Year BCCB Best of the Year (Blue Ribbon Selection) A beautiful slice of life story that is This One Summer meets Ursula K. Le Guins Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, told in flashbacks 16 year old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone elses business. Her parents are divorced and shes just been suspended for cursing out a school